Information for record number MWA1534:
Site of Forge at Weethley

Summary The site of a forge where wrought iron was made during the Imperial period. It was situated at Weethley and is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
What Is It?  
Type: Forge
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Weethley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 05 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 No trace of forge at E end of dilapidated farm buildings. Shown on 1886 OS map; in 1884 George Knight was smith there.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Industrial Archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FARM BUILDING * A building or structure of unknown function found on a farm. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

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